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Rape of the Sabine Women

ArtistBologna, Giovanni
Artist Info.Italy 1529-1608
ViewFront center
SiteFlorence, Loggia dei Lanzi
LocationItaly
Date1583 (signed & dated)
SubjectSculpture
PeriodItalian Baroque
Materialmarble and bronze
Dimensions410 cm high
Saskia No.Mid-0430
SourceGardner, Art Through the Ages, 11th ed., chapter 22, plate 47
 Hartt, History of Italian Renaissance Art, 4th ed., chapter 20, plate 699
 Janson, History of Art, 6th ed., chapter 14, plate 21